Uwe Birkenhauer began his professional career as an officer on a submarine of the German Navy. After retiring from the service in 1995, he held a number of positions as a project manager, consultant and business unit manager at various European and international companies in the field of enterprise resource planning and enterprise content management. He joined T-Systems in 2010 as Service Delivery Manager and took over responsibility for the SAP portfolio in 2014. His team defines the offers and services for customers around SAP. This includes developing new topics such as sustainability solutions and adapting the SAP portfolio to different industries.